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Chef’s Tips: Holiday Entertaining for Extra Credit
Lately it seems when the holidays come around, more and more people are developing new traditions and scaling back the celebrations, so...
Keane Straub
Dec 20, 20244 min read


Chef’s Tips: K-Food
Hallyu – The South Korean Wave By Linda Garson A couple of years ago, the most popular food trends for new restaurant openings were...
Keane Straub
Nov 26, 20245 min read


Local Roaster Celebrates 50 Years as Pioneer of The Specialty Coffee Industry
Fratello means ‘brother’ in Italian – a fitting moniker for Calgary-based Fratello Coffee Roasters, the family-focused coffee pioneer...
Lucy Haines
Nov 26, 20245 min read


Chef’s Tips: Weeknight Dinners 101
With the first months of the school year in the books, we figured it was a good time to catch up with students – in this case, students...
Keane Straub
Oct 29, 20245 min read


Hunt, Gather, and Share…
By Linda Garson and Keane Straub with Janine Windolph We have long held the belief that one of the most fascinating and rewarding...
Linda Garson
Sep 30, 20243 min read


Much more than a snack: Mitsoh aims to preserve and share Indigenous culture, too
It is said when you’re passionate about your work, it doesn’t really feel like work. For Ian Gladue and his Indigenous enterprise Mitsoh ...
Lucy Haines
Sep 19, 20245 min read


Sweltering Summers and Shaved Ice
Summers are for memories and cold treats, so this summer give shaved ice desserts a try! Imagine a mound of a fluffy, lightly sweetened,...
Lailani Mendoza-Lai
Jul 22, 20245 min read


Open That Bottle With Sky McLean
Photo courtesy Basecamp Resorts “You always hear, don't do food and beverage, and I was like, we're never doing food and beverage. And then here we are doing food and beverage, and I love it now,” says Sky Mitchell. Growing up in the suburbs of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Mitchell never pictured herself as a restaurant owner/entrepreneur. After achieving her MBA in real estate from York University, Mitchell purchased her first-ever property, a Canmore condo, which inspired her b
Linda Garson
Jun 25, 20243 min read


From waste to resource, one chopstick at a time
Do you ever think about what happens to the chopsticks you use at the restaurant, or fast-food spot? Most of us don’t give it a thought,...
Lucy Haines
Jun 19, 20244 min read


Edible Flowers in The Kitchen: Practical Tips & Guidelines
The sprawling world of culinary flowers can be roughly divided in two; half are flowers that have been processed for use in prepared food...
Morris Lemire
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Alberta’s 7 Signature Foods
From our 60th parallel northern border down to the 49th parallel and our border with the US, Alberta covers a lot of land – around 158...
Linda Garson
May 26, 20245 min read


The Big Dusty Book… of Beers Deserving More Love
The best thing to come out of the craft beer explosion of the past forty plus years is variety. After been stuck in a rut of bland lagers...
David Nuttall
May 20, 20244 min read


Alberta Meadery Combines Local Product with Old Country Values
Calgary’s Dritan and Albana Qose are a local success story, entrepreneurs focused on using local products at their meadery, Apollonia...
Lucy Haines
May 6, 20245 min read


Diony Distillery: From art to top shelf whisky, it’s more than a passion project
When Stephane Pilon decided he wanted to open a business a few years ago, he couldn’t have known the search would take him from Canada to...
Lucy Haines
Apr 22, 20244 min read


Stuck on Maple Syrup
Quintessentially Canadian food is a must-have for the pantry Maple syrup has always been part of Genevieve Martineau’s life. Her family...
Shelley Boettcher
Apr 9, 20245 min read


Chefs Tips and Tricks : ¡Buen provecho!
With access to the freshest produce, best beef, poultry, and pork here in Alberta, Mexican cuisine has been making itself known in the...
Keane Straub
Mar 24, 20244 min read


Mexican culture on offer; guac and chips on the side
Moving to Toronto from Mexico some 20 years ago, chemical engineer Vladimir Gonzalez said he just couldn’t find the authentic foods he...
Lucy Haines
Mar 14, 20244 min read


A Feast for Any Kind of Family
A family meal among restaurant staff is just like as it sounds: a hearty dish that is put together by the chefs on shift to be shared...
Keane Straub
Feb 24, 20244 min read


A Guide to Dim Sum
What is Dim Sum? Dim sum is a collective term for a variety of small traditional Chinese dishes served with tea. The origins of dim sum,...
Patricia Lau
Feb 8, 20244 min read


Take A Journey on Alberta’s Ale Trails
If you are a beer lover and are looking for travel, exploration, and adventure this year, then the Alberta Small Brewers Association and...
David Nuttall
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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